Even the Prime Minister Scott Morrison sees Saturday night's election victory for the coalition as something of a miracle, saying it's thanks to quiet Australians with dreams and aspirations of getting ahead.

After 27 years without a recession, the chances of one occurring in the next few years have risen and Scott Morrison knows probably better than anyone this was never going to be an easy time to be handed control of the economy.

Having retained all 16 of their seats, welcomed a record number of women to the party and consolidated under leader Michael McCormack, there could be a renewed sense of stability for the country-based party.

The Prime Minister held the coalition's official campaign launch yesterday ... and with just six days until the polls close ... he kept the vibe low-key and the focus on the economy and the risks posed by Labor. But he did produce one policy surprise.

Labor and the Greens' how-to-vote cards for the northern NSW electorate of Richmond, which has one of the lowest child immunisation rates in the country, put a party which is against mandatory vaccinations ahead of the National Party.

Parachuting Warren Mundine into Gilmore as the Liberal candidate may have split local Coalition supporters. The fact the Nationals have also put up a candidate for the seat — one who is backed by former Liberal MPs — has triggered even more ructions.

The former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce this week defended his role in the 2017 purchase of eighty million dollars worth of water licenses from a Cayman Island-based company. But Mr. Joyce wasn't the only Nationals MP facing questions this week. Satirist Mark Humphries brings us this message from colourful backbencher Barabbas Loins.